Avoids
[ə'vɔidz]
Examples
- They are _mighty_ onpleasant; but, as I manages business, I generally avoids 'em, sir. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Can he possibly preserve a right to that character, if by fraud, stratagem, or contrivance, he avoids that payment in whole or in part? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It is put into or out of action in an instant, saves labor and time, and avoids the heat and discomfort of a coal stove during the hot months of summer. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These conditions are provided for by conducting the evaporation in a vacuum, which lowers the evaporating temperature and avoids contact with the air. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- And yet no wonder that he avoids me, believing what he must about me. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A dog, that avoids fire and precipices, that shuns strangers, and caresses his master, affords us an instance of the first kind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The average person avoids fatty foods in summer, knowing from experience that rich foods make him warm and uncomfortable. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Ralph